Augen machen

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German

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Verb

Augen machen (weak, third-person singular present macht Augen, past tense machte Augen, past participle Augen gemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) to be wide-eyed (look astonished)
    Synonym: große Augen machen
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg , volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 478:
      „Da machen Sie Augen“, fuhr er nach einer Kunstpause fort, obgleich Hans Castorp keinerlei Augen machte, sondern ihn ziemlich schläfrig und zerstreut betrachtete, „und haben keine Ahnung, wie der alte Behrens es meinen könnte.
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  2. (idiomatic) to make eyes at (flirt with)
    Synonym: schöne Augen machen

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